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...according to the NASA team that analyzed imagery after the accident, there was only "localized combustion" of propellant. Instead, the visible cloud was primarily composed of vapor and gases resulting from the release of the shuttle's liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen propellant... Had there been a true explosion, the entire shuttle would have been instantly destroyed, killing the crew at that moment.
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